Improvement in jump-seat carriages



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E. S. FELTCH.

JUMP smw CARRIAGE.

Patented Nov.14,1876.

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UNITED A STATES PATENT (Drrront ELBRIDGE s. FELTGH, or SALISBURY,MASSAGHUSEEETS.

IMPRQVEMENTJN JUMP-SEAT CARRLAQES.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, S. FELTOH, ofSalisbury,State of Massachusetts, have invented Improvements in Standing-TopOarriagesand 'JnmpSeats, of which the following .is aspecibGlIlQI'BmOVGd, folded back, ,or turned down andthe improvementsconsist in peculiarly formed metal brackets, which are secured to thefront top posts, and which are provided with arms terminating inpintles, whereon. the front seat is hinged-and swings when be-i ingfolded down or adjustedin position -for use, said brackets servinggreatly tostrength en the top, and also furnishing a rest .for the. backseat when it is jumped forward.

It also consists in the peculiar construction andarraugement of thehinges .of thefront seat, the front props orsupportsthereof, and thecatches which engage such propsand secure the seat in position, wherebythe said hinges serve not only to connect. the seat with said pintles,but also as strengthening,

. cleats for the seat,bottom, and as hinges for the front props, sothatsaid props fold into.

position automatically when the seatv is folded. down, and swing forwardin the samemanner and engage the catches when the seat is placed inposition for use.

It also consists in the peculiar form and arrangement of the hanging orjumping irons,

of the back seat, whereby they not only serve the usual purpose ofsimilar devices for jump ing the seat backward or forward, but whentheseat is jumped forward for use as thesingle seat of the vehicle, thesaid irons serve as.

the sole support of the rear corners of the seat, while the frontcorners are supported in recesses formed in said front-seat brackets. Itfurther consists in a standing-topcarriage provided with an adjustableor, folding and expanding front seat, a lju mp-seatfiand top posts,arranged on either sidebetween the front and rear posts, therebyrelieving the side panels from the usual duty of supporting the seat andrendering feasible sidea-doorposts. and a full-high doorin a jump-seatcarriage.v

It also-consists in la standing-top carriage. provided with: anadjustabletori folding and expanding front seat, a jump-seat, a top,post arranged on either side between'the front and rear posts, andfull-high door hinged to such intermediate posts,-.where by a door ofping over thefront seat or else... unfastening the side curtainsiinorder tomake room for ingress or egressat the sideof the; vehicle.

Figure 1 is atopor .planviewofya top. buggy with the roofuomitted, andshowing the top posts in section upon a line with the tops of thedoorsorlimrnediately. beneath the. roof or canopy,,and showing both seats.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, taken on, line A B, Fig. 1,and... showing the left-hand side of the carriage looking. from .theinside,

or from the right-hand side ofsthe vehicle. Fig. 3 is a section similarto Fig.2, but show ing the front seat folded down, -.and.the backseat.jumped?? forward for use as the. single seat of the carriage, Fig.4 is a detached. top view of the. front .seat as foldedv dowa when the.back seat is. jumped forward. Fig, 5 is. a detached side elevationof theback seat jumped forward, viewed from the inside; of the vehicle,(thefront seat being omitted,) and showing the method of supporting theseat. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detached side ele.-. vation, showing. thefront prop or support of the front seat, the. catch. for fastening ithe.

same, .and an elastic spring toinsure contact; with thecatch. Fig. .7isan enlarged. inside elevation of the front postlandseat, brackets.

and b b the side sills, of the carriage. c is the canopy or roofsupported by the six posts shown, the two rear ones being numbered 1,the middle ones 2, and the front ones 3. d d are the doors, which areframed in the usual manner, with the stiles or side pieces (1 01 thebottom rail 61 and the top rail 01. The space within these posts may beoccupied by a panel, or by a panel and glass, or a curtain, in any ofthe methods of constructing a full-highdoor for carriages. G is the backor jump seat, and D the front or folding seat.

As I make no claim to the carriage-body, the doors, or seats in theabstract, but only claim the peculiar devices or irons by which theseats are hung or secured to the body, and the combination of the jumpand folding seats with the carriage, as described and shown, a moreparticular description of the body, the top, or the seats, is not deemednecessary.

eis the metal bracket, which is secured to the fronts, as shown in Figs.1, 2, 3, 5, by screws, which are inserted in the holes shown in Fig. 7,in the vertical part or member. f is a horizontal arm extending from thevertical member to the rear, and curving inward slightly, as shown inFig. 4. The pintles 9 (shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4t, 5, 7) are formed uponarms f. k k are hinge-bars extending across and secured to the underside of seat D. These bars are formed with eyes, which receive thepintles g, andat the opposite end they are formed either with similareyes or with pintles, that they may be also pivoted to the frontsupports 1 1. These props Zlare formed at their lower ends with a narrowslot or recess, (shown in Fig. 6,) which engages a metal plate, m,secured in the sills b at the angle formed by the curve of thefoot-board, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 6. These supports are so constructedand arranged that they fold down or out for use by their own weight. Anelastic buffer, 12, inserted in the seat, as shown in Fig. 6, servestohold the prop l in contact with the catch m.

It will be apparent that brackets 0 may be formed with holes instead ofthe pintles g, and that the hinges k may be formed with pintles to fitthe bracket-holes, if desired.

In Figs. 2, 3, 4, the positions of these several devices, either whenthe seat is folded or in position for use, are so clearly shown as to beclearly understood without further explanation.

0 is a double-cared step or holder, which is secured to the sills b b,and 0 is a similar holder secured under the corners of seat 0.

P represents an arm, the ends of which are secured by a pivot, as shown,between the ears of the steps 0 and 0, respectively, as shown. Thesearms hold the seat in place when it is in the position shown either inFigs. 2 or 3, besides serving as the means of jumping the seat back andforth; and when the seat is jumped forward the arms P P serve asthe solesupport of the rear corners of the seat, by virtue of the knucklesrformed upon the levers, and the relative bearings or connections of thearms with the steps, as before described.

When the seat 0 is thus jumped forward its front corners are supportedin the steps 11 formed in brackets 6 between the stop j and the ear h.(Shown in Figs. 3, 5, 6, 7.)

Thus seat 0, when jumped forward and resting solely in brackets e e atits front corners, and upon arms P P at its rear corners is supported,through the agency of said'ir'ons, directly upon and by the sills b b,and not, as has been heretofore the practice, upon the sides of thebody.

By thus supporting seat 0 at its rear cor ners upon the jumping-irons,the ledges t t (upon which the seat rests when jumped back) extendforward only a sufficient distance for that purpose, instead ofextending forward a sufficient distance to furnish a support for theseat when jumped forward, as formerly constructed; and the full-highdoors are thus rendered available, as they, or the section of thecarriage-body which they occupy, are not required to furnish any support,for the jump-seat when jumped forward,

and which the doors, from their essential con struction, could notfurnish. Besides, by this construction, a greater space or width isavailable, to the extent of the said ledges, which are thus dispensedwith, and the space thus saved renders the said middle posts feasible.As stated, I do not claim, broadly, either a carriage formed andprovided with a front folding seat and a jump-seat, or a carriage havingfull-high doors or middle posts for the support of such'doors; but

What I do claim is 1. The metallic bracket 6 formed with a verticalmember for attachment to the car-' riage, and an arm, f, for connectionwith and support of the seat D, substantially as described and shown.

2. The bracket 0, formed with a vertical member for attachment to thecarriage, an-

arm, f,for supporting the front seat, and a step, i, for the support ofthe front corners of the back seat, substantially as described andshown.

3. The combination of the supportingbrackets e, folding props Z, andhinge-bars is, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4.. In combination with a turn-down or folding seat, the supports 1,hinged to the front corners of the seat, and provided with thelocking-slot, substantially as described and shown.

5. The jumping-bars P, formed to be pivot- 8. A canopy-top carriage,formed and provided with a front folding 0r turn-down seat, a rearjump-seat, and the middle posts 2 2, substantially as described andshown.

ELBRIDGE S. FELTGH.

Witnesses EUGENE HUMPHREY, BEN AMIN COLE, Jr.

